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FDA challenges public to produce evidence on suspected artificial egg

Accra, Dec. 31, GNA - The Food and Drugs
Authority (FDA) has challenged the person behind the suspected artificial egg
video circulating on social media to make available samples to the Authority
for investigations.

It has emphatically stated that there were no
such eggs being sold on the market as purported in the video.

Mr James Lartey, Head of Communication and
Public Education Department of FDA, called for the proof in a press release he
signed and copied to the Ghana News Agency.

The release narrated how a female voice in Ga
language showed such eggs, made of plastic and had been imported into the
Country from China and were on the market.

“The FDA wishes to indicate that there is no
evidence of imported eggs from China into Ghana,” it noted.

It said that the eggs shown in the video might
be rotten; adding that spoilt eggs had discoloration of yolk or albumen that
indicated bacterial growth and were usually runny as in the case of the eggs
seen in the video.

It added that checks by the FDA had not
identified any such eggs in trade and appealed to the public to send samples
for investigations.

Members of the public were advised to stop
circulating that video as its authenticity had not been verified and would be
creating fear and panic, the release added.